What are some historical events in Switzerland?

Answer 1

The official date of birth of the Old Swiss Confederation is August, 1st 1291. This date can be found on a document of alliance whose age of more than 700 years has been confirmed by radionuclear (C14) analysis recently.

It all began with a new transalpine trading route and with three small valleys in central Switzerland that had remained outside the focus of the dukes and kings for a long time. Serious historians will always separate the facts of history from the popular legends concerning the origins of the old Swiss confederation.

Here are some historical dates in Switzerland History:

The Holy Roman Empire dates from 1157 and its territories originally included Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, eastern France, the Low Countries, and parts of Italy.

The rulers of the Empire were primarily German

1200s The Habsburg family gained control of much of Switzerland

1499 Swiss forces defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. Switzerland won its complete independence from the empire

Early 1500s The Swiss established a policy of not taking sides in European wars

1798 French Revolution and the French armies set up the

Helvetia Republic

1863 Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva

1914 - 1918 World War I - Switzerland declared its neutrality

1939 - 1945 World War II - Switzerland declared its neutrality